13 Reasons I Love [and Hate] The Fountas & Pinnell Reading Assessment
Fountas and Pinnell (F &P) are two names that are under fire a great deal in the media lately. Whether you agree with them or not, these two ladies have…
What’s Wrong with “Sounding it Out?”
I recently had a conversation with several primary grade teachers about decoding words. We were were talking about how to prompt kids to decode words from beginning to end. These…
Teacher Tired: How to Stop It in Its Tracks
They say that there are “seasons” to every school year. That some months are more taxing than others. October, for instance, is typically the month we have parent-teacher conferences and…
What SOR Advocates Tell Us Good Readers Do That’s Completely Wrong
I’m a balanced literacy teacher. I have been for my entire 20+ years in the field. But I’m also a constant learner, so I’ve been sitting up to listen to…
Easy Method for Teaching for Transfer in Writing
Teachers are so often nervous to teach writing. There can be many reasons why. Maybe we just never saw ourselves as good at it. Maybe we don’t remember how we…